{"id":"SEC-23-028","kind":"order","level":"sector-regulator","jurisdiction":"North Dakota","state":"ND","metro":"","industry":"23","agency":"","eco":"","issuer":"North Dakota Industrial Commission (Governor Doug Burgum, Attorney General Wayne Stenehjem, Agriculture Commissioner Doug Goehring); Department of Mineral Resources","authority":"N.D.C.C. ch. 38-08 (prevention of waste); N.D. Admin. Code ch. 43-02-03","instrument":"Press release, \u0027North Dakota DMR to Reinstate Well Waivers\u0027 (Mar. 24, 2020): Commission direction to reinstate the Not Completed Well, Inactive Well and Suspension of Drilling waiver guidelines","title":"North Dakota DMR to Reinstate Well Waivers","dateIssued":"2020-03-24","effective":"2020-03-24 (\u0027immediately\u0027)","end":"Not stated; the waivers operated through the 2020 curtailment (the Commission\u0027s Order 31032 of May 20, 2020 followed)","startDate":"2020-03-24","endDate":"2020-05-20","quarters":["2020Q2","2020Q3","2020Q4"],"types":["OTHER","SUPPLY"],"addressees":["all North Dakota oil and gas operators"],"clause":"The Department of Mineral Resources was directed today by the North Dakota Industrial Commission to immediately reinstate guidelines that promote the prevention of waste of the state\u0027s natural resources of oil and gas during the current economic climate. The Not Completed Well Waiver guidelines allow operators to apply for Not Completed Well {NCW} Status: May only be given to wells that have been drilled but [are not producing] because completion operations have not yet been performed. The Inactive Well Waiver guidelines allow operators to apply for Inactive Well Status. Inactive Well {IAW} Status: May only be given to wells that have met certain criteria... The Suspension of Drilling Waiver guidelines allow operators to apply for Temporary Abandoned Surface Casing Status.","enforcement":"N.D. Admin. Code 43-02-03-55 (abandoned and inactive wells) as waived","functions":["DR (completions deferred by regulator waiver)","EX (inactive-well status)","PM (waiver applications)","SV (completion crews idled)"],"notes":"Eleven days after the emergency declaration the Commission changed the terms on which Bakken operators had to complete drilled wells; the Director\u0027s Cuts (SEC-23-013 to -016) record the result: completion crews from 25 to 1 and 193 wells waiting on completion by July 2020.","sourceUrl":"https://www.ndic.nd.gov/news/north-dakota-dmr-reinstate-well-waivers","snapshot":"https://web.archive.org/web/20230608174718/https://www.ndic.nd.gov/news/north-dakota-dmr-reinstate-well-waivers","fileExists":true,"fileBytes":111140,"grade":"primary","character":"","description":"","collection":"SEC-23","url":"/library/SEC-23-028","exhibitUrl":"/exhibit/SEC-23-028","citation":"North Dakota Industrial Commission (Governor Doug Burgum, Attorney General Wayne Stenehjem, Agriculture Commissioner Doug Goehring); Department of Mineral Resources, Press release, \u0027North Dakota DMR to Reinstate Well Waivers\u0027 (Mar. 24, 2020): Commission direction to reinstate the Not Completed Well, Inactive Well and Suspension of Drilling waiver guidelines (Ex. SEC-23-028)","stateName":"North Dakota","related":["SEC-23-013"]}